Currently, Max was left with Lydia as Alice took Layla to meet some of their schoolmates that were already there.
A while ago, while looking around the place, Max used the opportunity to check the people that he saw one by one.
It was surprisingly easy because if they're not an Awakened, he would only see their name and their level being 1. The third section where their Skill would be located won't have anything on it.
Only a few hundred people were attending the party, so after a few minutes, Max finished checking most people that he can see.
So far, he didn't see any Awakened among them. He thought that maybe Awakened in this city isn't as common as he thought.
He also saw Layla and Alice with some of their schoolmates, hanging out near the pool area. Max found a sit to stay on with Lydia as he was enjoying the atmosphere in there.
There were a lot of women in their swimsuits playing in the pool. Some of them were also hot that Max couldn't help but repeatedly stare at them without being too obvious about it.
He also fixed his focus to where Layla's group was, as some of her schoolmates were wearing skimpy swimsuits that he just enjoyed the scenery that he had the chance to see.
This was the first time he experienced a real party. He didn't know what he should do, so he just relaxed acting like everything was under his control.
While slowly figuring things out, he checked out the hot girls one by one. The first one has short brown hair but with a voluptuous body.
Max didn't like her that much. She seemed to be the type that goes to every party. She was probably taken by many guys already.
What Max thought was right. He watched as the girl started to make out with some random guy. He shifted his focus to another target.
He stared at the hot friends of Layla. One girl was especially gorgeous, having a long blue hair with an orange bikini.
'Beautiful! Those curves! Her breasts were a little bit bigger than average, but her ass and thighs were perfect! Wide hips and long legs? Is she a part of the swimming team too?'
Max especially enjoyed his time looking at different women. It was too bad that he couldn't do anything to his hard-on as there were a lot of people everywhere.
Overall, the party appeared to be ordinary as nothing unusual happened. Max took the time to hang out with Lydia.
They went everywhere they can go to, played simple games together, tried out different dishes, and the unique refreshments that were available.
They also talked about random stuff, just about everything that they can think of. There were some times when people join their conversation where they replied with a few words, not wanting to be rude.
Unknowingly, they forgot the time and just continued having fun with each other.
Max had to admit that even though this Xiao Ming has a bad reputation, he can throw a decent party.
After spending a considerable amount of time at the party, he still hasn't found any Awakened. This gave Max a feeling of security that he would not be in danger even when there were so many people in here.
While he was relaxing, enjoying the party with Lydia, someone was thinking about him elsewhere.
Alice had been with Layla the entire time. After chatting with their friends, she pulled Layla to someplace that doesn't have many people.
"Layla, so is Max an Awakened?"
"Huh? Why? I didn't see anything unusual about him so far. So no, I don't think he is an Awakened."
"Are you sure? So that I know how to act around him."
"Yeah, his sister was a friend of mine, so I'm sure."
When Layla said that Max wasn't an Awakened, Alice had a lot of thoughts in her mind.
'Is she hiding it? That's impossible. She would never hide something from me. We've been very close since middle school, and I can tell by her Aura that she was telling the truth.'
'That means they don't know that Max was an Awakened? I'm not certain, but I have a feeling that he is.'
'All I see in his Aura was that he was quite weak but stronger than normal people, or maybe he is just stronger than me that I can't see it clearly?'
'But that doesn't matter right now. All that matters is that Max is an Awakened and he is hiding it!'
'I'll observe him first to confirm it before telling Layla and Lydia. They should know that Max was an Awakened so they can keep their guard up in case something happens.'
'Max, huh? What are you hiding?'
'Looks like interesting things will happen from now on.'
Alice gave out a bewitching smile saying,
"Let's go find where they are! They might be bored already."
...
"So you guys were here."
Layla finally found them after going around the entire house. They were currently in a quiet hallway as they were tired of being approached by people.
"I've been trying to find you guys for quite some time now!"
"We stayed here as it's too noisy out there and we're bored, not knowing what else to do."
"Hey, I haven't even done anything yet. I've just been chatting with some of my friends. Come with me, let's do something outside!"
"By the way, where's Alice?'
"She just went to the restroom. She'll be back in a few minutes! Let's wait for her then!"
While the three of them were talking to each other, waiting for Alice to arrive. An annoying voice sounded out the entire hallway.
"Layla, you came!"
I want the MC to beat the sh*t out of the host of the party (was his name Xiao?)
I just hate arrogant guys that act like they’re hot stuff just because daddy has money
Xiang Ming? If I remember correctly.
Am late…
Is it necessary for him to act like a needy virgin all the time?
Only a few hundred people were attending the party, so after a few minutes,
'Only' a few hundret people is not a low number. This is a massive event. It would propably take an hour to check on everyone unless he can scan entire crowds with just a glance.
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But he just found Alice, an Awakened??
also
All that matters is that Max is an Awakened, and he is hiding it!'
But he just does what every other Awakened does, hiding himself.?? Not sure why they all hide, though.
Skills are no common knowledge or subject of news like in Worm or Marvel.
Kinda absurd that, since conflicts between Awaken, and demented superhumans blowing up islands or cities, would have broken the silence in some way.
It is implied that the info is being supressed heavly by awakend organisations, you also also right about alice an awaken hiding himself should not rouse any suspicion in thier circels. Maybe he just likes his privacy or whatever. So Alice being "i need to expose him" is somewhat condradictory. She sees the posaability he is more poerfull and that is why she cant read him. Ig that was true exposing him to lyla and lydia who donr know could be a danger, as strong awakens couls kill weaker ones to keep themself hidden.
I think the problem is that they didn't know (Layla, Lidia) since they've been hanging out y'know
"After spending a considerable amount of time at the party, he still hasn't found any Awakened. This gave Max a feeling of security that he would not be in danger even when there were so many people in here." Just because there's a limited amount of Awakened, it doesn't mean there isn't any trouble. Rich fools + Alcohol + Trouble![Recipe for disaster]